Where are those kidneys?
Real quick question for any one who can comment. I was performing a tech ultrasound on a patient today. An 8-year-old FS Miniature Schnauzer with history of a liver shunt. Presented for decreased appetite and lethargy. Blood chemistry showed kindey failure. WBC was also high. The patient was placed on high rate I.V.
Yikes! What’s up with my patient’s urine?
Urine is usually a nice yellow color. It’s clear, not cloudy, and doesn’t smell too bad unless of course it is from an intact male cat that has just nervously peed down your leg. Figures, right? You have been caring for a very sick dog with liver issues for a few days. Blood work showed…
Performing a Dental Examination.
Dental month is upon us and at least for my clinic it normally spills over into March, then April, and hopefully not May! You should be thoroughly up to snuff with performing dental exams, but it doesn’t hurt to review. Before you meet the patient and owner:
Sometimes you find what you are not looking for.
Ok, so I am not an ultrasonographer, but I’d sure like to be one someday. Occasionally I am allowed the opportunity to scan at my clinic solely for my own interest and a black hole thirst for knowledge. A 16-year-old FS DSH cat was presented for PTS. The patient had a history of PU/PD, inappropriate…
We would love to see some veterinary technician images.
We would love to see some of your interesting hospital pictures everyone! It is so easy to post in the forum and you can easily use images taken with a smartphone, IPad or digital camera. If you are photographing patients please no names of patients unless it is your personal pet and you choose to…
You must really love your job, or you are completely nuts.
It is 7 a.m. or so and you have just finished sling walking a 103 lb Labrador Retriever with vestibulitis through the snow, by yourself. Your scrubs are torn up at the bottoms and soaked with water and mud, down to your socks.
What has been your most interesting foreign body case?
Roxie-multiple coin ingestion
The Battle of Thermopylae?
Battle of Thermopylae Is there a constant battle between your departments? Is it the technicians vs. the receptionists? Or maybe the receptionist vs. the doctors? Surgery vs ICU? The grass isn’t always greener. Just because you are up to your elbows in blood, guts, and other lovely substances in the treatment area, doesn’t mean that…